She also worked as a bartender and online marketing coordinator for Riddles Bar in Altrincham and had previously worked at House bar in Goose Green.

Helena Thurm was described as “beautiful, kind, caring, intelligent and funny”

The court heard that Wall, who was driving home from his job in Rochdale, hit Helena after he drove straight ahead in a left turn only lane while the traffic light was on amber, the Manchester Evening News reported.

At the time, a significant junction reconstruction project was underway and road signs informed drivers that the right hand lane should be used for travelling straight ahead, and the left lane was for turning left only.

Wall had tried to claim that the collision was Ms Thurm’s fault and that she had “stepped out in front of his car”.

The scene minutes after the incident last June

But after the verdict was delivered today, Judge Patrick Field QC said: “You have now been convicted of a particularly grave offence. I don’t however in the circumstances propose to sentence you today, because I need to know more about you.”

The judge ordered a pre-sentence report and granted Wall bail, but told him not to take any inference from that decision.

He said the “most likely” sentence was jail. He will be sentenced in January.